Cobbler'S Cottage

GREAT BEDWYN FARM LANE SU 27 64 11/223

No 35 (Cobbler's Cottage) II Cottage. C17, altered in C18 and extended in C19 and C20. Flemish bond red brick. Thatched roof with hipped and gabled ends. Brick stack at right hand end. Originally probably a 2-room plan, the right hand room the hall-kitchen with a gable end fireplace entered directly from a doorway at the front; the unheated left hand room was later divided into 2 rooms, the left of which was used as a cobbler's shop until C20. C19 single storey outshut and C20 wing at rear. 1 storey and attic. Asymmetrical 2 window front.C20 2-light casements with glazing bars, the small attic windows under eyebrow eaves. Central glazed door. The left end has casement on both floors with leaded panes, plank doorway to left; the thatched roof at rear is carried down over outshut. C20 thatched roof rear wing. Interior: Right hand room has chamfered axial beam without stops and C20 fireplace. Smaller left hand room has boxed-in axial beam and early 3-board door. Stud partition between the rooms rises up through first floor and tie-beam. Old plaster ceiling conceals roof structure which was not inspected.

Listing NGR: SU2790464663